Persecution watchdog International Christian Concern has reported an attack on an Indian pastor on 4 November in Karnataka state.

Pastor Thankaraj, 50, has been ministering in Melukamanahalli village for 10 years and has a congregation of 20 people.

According to ICC, one of the members of his church, a woman named Thulasiamma was being persecuted by her family. On the evening of 4 November she was escorted back to her village by the pastor after a prayer meeting.